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2024
/ Mar 2024
American billionaires are a policy failure

American billionaires are a policy failure

I was glad to hear President Biden mention a minimum income tax rate for billionaires of 25% in his recent
2024
/ Mar 2024
The newest episode of Search Engine is incredible

The newest episode of Search Engine is incredible

PJ Vogt started one of my favorite podcasts on earth, Reply All, and before that, did one that was also
2024
/ Mar 2024
A few bike things I love

A few bike things I love

I've ridden bikes all my life, and pretty seriously on the road and dirt since the early 2000s.
2024
/ Mar 2024
The movie theaters aren't alright

The movie theaters aren't alright

At various points in my life, I've tried to maintain a hobby/indulgence of going to a movie
2024
/ Mar 2024
My favorite YouTube video of 2023

My favorite YouTube video of 2023

The other day I was thinking about all the hundreds (maybe thousands?) of hours of YouTube I watched in the
2024
/ Mar 2024
A short tip for keeping your phone away while driving

A short tip for keeping your phone away while driving

The other day I had to grab a USB-A to USB-C cable to use CarPlay in my spouse's
2024
/ Feb 2024
Notes from a long road trip

Notes from a long road trip

Last week I drove about 2,000 miles from northwestern Oregon down to Southern California and back. It was about
2024
/ Feb 2024
A ranked list of all the 2024 NWSL soccer jersey/kits

A ranked list of all the 2024 NWSL soccer jersey/kits

The NWSL is the pro women's soccer league here in America, and I've followed it pretty
2024
/ Feb 2024
80s covers that are so good that they made me briefly forget about the original versions

80s covers that are so good that they made me briefly forget about the original versions

In no particular order:
2024
/ Feb 2024
The Bezzle is another good one from Cory Doctorow

The Bezzle is another good one from Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow’s newest book, The Bezzle, is a second installment in his Martin Hench, tech-nerd, forensic accountant series. It
2024
/ Feb 2024
Rails to Trails recreation paths are amazing but it sucks that they take forever to build

Rails to Trails recreation paths are amazing but it sucks that they take forever to build

Every couple years I set aside a whole day for riding my bike outside of Portland, Oregon on the Banks-Vernonia
2024
/ Feb 2024
How do I get better at using Slack?

How do I get better at using Slack?

I spent nearly 7 years working at Slack on a variety of marketing projects, but eventually I honed in on
2024
/ Feb 2024
TNT and the NBA blew a once-in-a-generation sports moment

TNT and the NBA blew a once-in-a-generation sports moment

I love women's sports. My favorite sport on earth is women's pro soccer, both domestic and
2024
/ Feb 2024
Notes from migrating 24 years of blog posts from Wordpress to Ghost

Notes from migrating 24 years of blog posts from Wordpress to Ghost

As I mentioned in my previous post, it was no small task to migrate an old blog from one system
2024
/ Feb 2024
What's new: a quick trip down memory lane

What's new: a quick trip down memory lane

I started working on MetaFilter in the Fall of 1998, but just before launching it I realized the new blog
2024
/ Feb 2024
Turntables, vinyl, and internet music players

Turntables, vinyl, and internet music players

Back in 2019, I bought the first turntable I'd touched since the early 1980s as a kid. It
2024
/ Feb 2024
Today's YouTubers are repeating the mistakes of yesterday's bloggers

Today's YouTubers are repeating the mistakes of yesterday's bloggers

I watch a ton of YouTube, on the order of an hour or two each day and I can honestly
2024
/ Jan 2024
Move fast with broken things

Move fast with broken things

Today I got an instagram comment on a very old photo, so I popped over to see it was spam